Development news roundup: EU public perception of aid, why biofuels matter in the food security debate, and more

Today, we reported:

• A closer look at EU public perception of aid

• Why biofuels matter in the food security debate

• NGOs to EU: Transform words into action

• ‘Solutions to the world’s problems require international cooperation’

• The need for better agriculture policies in Haiti

• Aid workers kidnapped in Niger

• AusAID funds UNDP risk resilience program in the Pacific

Other must reads:

• ‘Empowering rural women is crucial for ending hunger and poverty’

• Austrian aid has helped mitigate poverty in Mozambique

• IDB supports Brazil’s efforts to provide universal access to quality education

• An update of humanitarian needs in Ethiopia

• EIB helps fund priority infrastructure projects in Romania

• AfDB opens first office outside Africa in Tokyo

• Daniel Yohannes visits MCC projects in the Philippines

• Australia steps up support for Myanmar’s efforts to advance democratic reform

• Closing the gender wage gap in Latin America and the Caribbean

• African Women’s Entrepreneurs Program alumnae to undergo additional training to boost their economic potential

• On Global Hand-washing Day UNICEF says: It’s not complicated, but it’s crucial

• Japan’s role in providing better opportunities for persons with disabilities in Malaysia

• Previously aid-reliant, farmers in Ugandan region now supplying food to WFP

• IsDB approves funding for wastewater projects in Iran

• ADB assures support for Diamer Basha Dam construction

• ADB rules out debt relief for Myanmar, plans to reschedule arrears instead

• African farmers turn to climate coping strategies

• Psychologists Sans Frontières: Bringing mental health care to people who need it

• Can Africa scale up wheat production to meet growing demand?

• Flooding affects million in Nigeria, Pakistan and Bangladesh

• World Bank wraps up initial discussions related to probe of alleged corruption in Padma bridge project

• South Korea pledges 2-year contribution to AfDB trust fund

• JICA experts to return to Yemen soon

• Developing nations’ food costs soar

• EU to reduce focus areas in Mozambique from 8 to 3

• ‘Development cooperation is no longer the exclusive domain of States or international organizations’

• Gudrun Kopp: EU needs common position for a unified global agenda after 2015

• Humanitarian partnership mission to Africa’s Sahel region

• Is resilience always the most appropriate approach to aid?

• World Bank, JICA will help Philippine government set up development framework for Mindanao

• Health officials in Myanmar submit concept note in bid to receive new Global Fund grants

• JICA to fund 5-year maternal and child health project in northern Philippine province

• PPPs could help improve health care services in Pakistan province

• IFAD president asks: How could all the talk on sustainability benefit rural women and girls?

• What reforms should the Global Fund prioritize?

• Taxing Kenya’s M-Pesa picks the pockets of the poor

• Should your charity become a social enterprise?

• To weather the drought, attack apathy at its root

• A mother of 10 in Malawi: ‘Since the water came, our lives have changed’

• Can Tanzania afford 100 million citizens in 2035?

• Where is food security really on the global policy agenda?

• The world’s aging population is an opportunity for the economy – not simply a burden on it

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